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Engineering and product notes — how we build private, on-device photo tools, and why owning your library matters.

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Private, on-device near-duplicate detection on iPhone

How LatentSnap finds burst shots and look-alikes using Apple's Vision feature prints — entirely on the device, no cloud.

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Own your photo tags: deterministic categories vs. black-box AI search

Why AI search traps you at 90%, and how user-owned tags let you reach a real 100% that compounds over time.

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Why your tags should live in the file, not a vendor's cloud

A look at XMP/IPTC keywords, portability, and building photo tools that respect your ownership and privacy.

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